A new firmware level has been released and corrects a serious bug : Storwize V7000 and SVC : 6.3.0.2 (30 March 2012) Storwize V7000 Unified : 1.3.0.5 (2 April 2012) This strange bug due to a known Linux kernel issue which result in a kernel panic (due to a internal counter overflow) after 208 days of uninterrupted time and reboot of both nodes was affecting SVC controller nodes, Storwize V7000, and Storwize V7000 unified block node canisters. This issue affects the following releases : 6.2.0.x (excepting V6.2.0.5), 6.3.0.x , 1.3.0.x (for... [More]

Upgrading the IBM Storwize V7000 is an easy procedure without interruption as the storage architecture provides 2 nodes, and upgrade runs on one node before shutting down and upgrading the other node. This upgrade operation will take approximately 30 minutes. Login to the GUI Go to the upgrade menu and Launch the Upgrade Wizard Upgrade Test Utility upload and launch Be sure to download last upgrade test utility : http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S4000585 ... [More]